Jean-Baptiste Tholmé, (11 May 1753, Rocroi – 8 September 1805), was a general of brigade in the

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and

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. He was named chief of staff of the

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(3 August 1794). During the Rhine Campaign of 1796, he led the main body of Ferino's division over the passage of the

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and at the

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. He was born in Rocroy, in the village of

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, near

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, diocese of Soissons. He attended the School in Mezieres in 1768, where he studied engineering and geography, and was employed as an engineer in the corps of infantry. In 1780, he was a colonel of Infantry. He was an officer of the

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. He served in Switzerland, in the campaign in the

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(1800–1802). He was commandant of the army in

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in 1803.''Carnet de la sabretache:revue d'histoire militaire rétrospective''
Berger-Levrault et cie., 1905, p. 167 (fn).

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